Image of a perspective view of a water works building showing a horse with a cart, people around the building talking and pumping water, and a dam leading out to the water in the background. Probable date and lithographer based on reference in Deak, Other Voices, Other Times, page 37. "Drawn from nature by Thos. M. Scott."--text, bottom left margin. "P.S. Duval & Co's. Steam Lith. Press, Philada."--text, bottom right margin.
Type
image
Extent
1 lithograph : color printed ; overall 55.56 x 70.8 cm (21 7/8 x 27 7/8 in.)
Waterworks--Pictorial works Dams--Pictorial works Horse-drawn vehicles--Pictorial works Northern Liberties Water Works Lithographs--Color--1850-1875. (gmgpc) Views. (gmgpc)
Source
Jay T. Last Collection Industry Large Size The Jay T. Last Collection of Graphic Arts and Social History, Huntington Digital Library
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